shroud

noun

A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.

noun

Something that conceals, protects, or screens.

noun

One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.

noun

A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.

noun

One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

intransitive verb

To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.

intransitive verb

To envelop and obscure or shut off from sight: synonym: block.

intransitive verb

To envelop or be associated with and make difficult to understand.